Article 5Z3H4 SAS soldier tells Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial he felt hurt by best man who made murder allegation against him

SAS soldier tells Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial he felt hurt by best man who made murder allegation against him

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Ben Doherty
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Former comrade denies in court that he and Roberts-Smith killed handcuffed Afghan man Ali Jan as alleged by newspapers in their defence

An SAS soldier who denies allegations that he murdered a handcuffed prisoner with Ben Roberts-Smith in Afghanistan has told a court he felt incredibly hurt" when another soldier - his close friend and the best man at his wedding - alleged he did participate in killing the unarmed man.

Person 11, called by Roberts-Smith as a witness in his defamation trial against three newspapers, has given evidence about a critical allegation against Roberts-Smith: over the death of a man named as Ali Jan, in the village of Darwan in September 2012.

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